Ocular infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mechanically ventilated patient;Ooginfectie door Pseudomonas aeruginosa bij een mechanisch beademde patient

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 142, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 1615-1617

  Wanten, G J A ^a   Eggink, C A ^b   Bakker, L J ^a   Smulders, C M F ^a   Hieselaar, L C J M ^a   Koolen, M I ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; KERATITIS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ABDOMEN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032508287     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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